Effectual Entrepreneurship, Third Edition
Practically Speaking
A Clean Start (Means)
A married couple takes stock of their available means and wants to make everyday healthy products, namely organic soap.
Entrepreneurs: Ea & Stephen Greenwood
Entity: GoodKaarma
Country: Estonia
Pages 138-139 in
Chapter 9 The Effectual Logic of Expert Entrepreneurs (pp. 136-152)
"What do you do when you wake up one day in San Francisco and realize you actually want to be living on a sparsely populated Estonian island in the middle of the Baltic Sea? You make sure you will be able to support yourself by starting a company there, of course. That is what Stephen and Ea (pronounced e-ah) Greenwood did when they moved to the island of Saaremaa in 2004.
But with the move came questions about their idea: what kind of company, where to start, and how to make it work?"
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Video Resources
References & Links
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- Howard Schultz. (n.d.-a). Schultz Family Foundation. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://schultzfamilyfoundation.org/team-member/howard-schultz/
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- Howard Schultz: An Overview of the Entrepreneur’s Career - 2025. (n.d.-c). MasterClass. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.masterclass.com/articles/howard-schultz-life-and-career
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- Starbucks’s Howard Schultz: From Coffee Entrepreneur to Three-Time CEO. (n.d.). WSJ. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.wsj.com/story/starbuckss-howard-schultz-from-coffee-entrepreneur-to-three-time-ceo-439768fc
- Taylor, K. (2017, December 13). From Brooklyn to Billionaire: The Story of How Howard Schultz Transformed Starbucks Into an $84 Billion Business. Inc. https://www.inc.com/business-insider/howard-schultz-chairman-former-ceo-starbucks-successful-billionaire-coffee.html
- The Man Behind Starbucks Reveals How He Changed the World—YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnA7n9qSB7E&t=255s
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